Landscape Architects salary
The median pay for landscape architects in the United States is $79,870 a year. About 19,600 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $54,770
- 25th percentile
- $64,170
- Median percentile
- $79,870
- 75th percentile
- $104,090
- 90th percentile
- $130,190
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Alabama $101,220
- California $98,380
- Tennessee $95,250
- New Jersey $95,020
- Utah $94,430
- Maryland $92,880
- Texas $89,220
- Massachusetts $88,000
- New York $87,360
- Iowa $87,270
- Rhode Island $85,420
- Nevada $85,140
- District of Columbia $85,100
- North Carolina $83,420
- Maine $82,440
- Virginia $81,380
- Montana $81,330
- Florida $79,650
- Colorado $78,290
- Michigan $77,670
- Pennsylvania $77,130
- Washington $76,720
- Connecticut $76,680
- Missouri $76,670
- Arizona $75,310
- Idaho $73,950
- Kansas $73,760
- Oregon $73,600
- Georgia $73,570
- New Mexico $71,990
- New Hampshire $71,500
- South Dakota $70,620
- Wisconsin $69,520
- Kentucky $68,460
- Illinois $67,460
- Indiana $64,980
- Oklahoma $64,370
- Ohio $63,790
- Nebraska $62,170
- Arkansas $60,840
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $119,910
- San Francisco, CA $119,730
- Birmingham, AL $109,010
- Sacramento, CA $106,030
- Houston, TX $103,670
- Riverside, CA $101,640
- Nashville, TN $99,470
- Charleston, SC $99,330
- Trenton, NJ $99,180
- Los Angeles, CA $95,760
- Salt Lake City, UT $94,510
- Baltimore, MD $92,970
- Boston, MA $91,520
- Fresno, CA $90,860
- Las Vegas, NV $90,330
- Washington, DC $89,350
- Wilmington, NC $87,440
- Santa Rosa, CA $86,060
- Memphis, TN $84,610
- Durham, NC $84,270
- Philadelphia, PA $84,270
- Charlotte, NC $83,900
- Albany, NY $83,590
- Raleigh, NC $83,420
- San Diego, CA $83,190
- Ann Arbor, MI $83,150
- Madison, WI $82,870
- Portland, ME $82,870
- Miami, FL $82,630
- North Port, FL $82,070
- Denver, CO $82,010
- Detroit, MI $81,520
- Richmond, VA $81,380
- Oxnard, CA $81,350
- Asheville, NC $81,260
- Cape Coral, FL $80,880
- Jacksonville, FL $80,610
- Providence, RI $80,600
- Boulder, CO $80,240
- Orlando, FL $79,650
- Kansas City, MO $79,640
- Hartford, CT $79,490
- Boise City, ID $79,190
- Virginia Beach, VA $79,130
- San Antonio, TX $78,880
- Reno, NV $78,010
- Greensboro, NC $77,850
- Grand Rapids, MI $77,670
- Phoenix, AZ $77,670
- Rochester, NY $77,610
- San Luis Obispo, CA $77,570
- Deltona, FL $77,450
- Allentown, PA $77,270
- Lakeland, FL $77,220
- Colorado Springs, CO $77,180
- Tampa, FL $77,040
- Seattle, WA $76,730
- New Haven, CT $76,680
- Lancaster, PA $76,590
- Atlanta, GA $75,980
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $75,870
- Buffalo, NY $74,990
- Lexington, KY $74,990
- Eugene, OR $74,970
- Pittsburgh, PA $73,930
- Portland, OR $73,600
- Fort Collins, CO $73,490
- Syracuse, NY $71,930
- Harrisburg, PA $71,900
- Indianapolis, IN $70,800
- Tallahassee, FL $70,690
- Sioux Falls, SD $70,620
- Cleveland, OH $69,990
- Cincinnati, OH $67,990
- Fort Wayne, IN $67,990
- Tucson, AZ $67,860
- Albuquerque, NM $67,850
- Chicago, IL $66,830
- Lincoln, NE $66,730
- Wichita, KS $66,120
- St. Louis, MO $66,080
- Columbus, OH $64,660
- Oklahoma City, OK $64,370
- Milwaukee, WI $64,330
- Tulsa, OK $63,780
- Salinas, CA $63,520
- Salem, OR $63,180
- Omaha, NE $62,170
- Minneapolis, MN $61,010